A Fond Farewell (Part 4 of 4)

Posted on 12 Mar 2012 @ 3:56pm by Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm & Captain Amara Damian & Captain Jonathan Holliday & Lieutenant Commander Chauncey Remington III (KIA) & Lieutenant JG Robin Hilyer MD & Lieutenant JG Drusilla McCarthy & Lieutenant Commander Evelyn Coleman & Command Master Chief Markum Quinn & Tarishiana Barel

635 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Episode 00 - Pre-Deployment
Location: Starfleet HQ, Banquet Lounge
Timeline: MD 05 - 1930 hrs

Forty-five minutes later, the banquet begins to wind down and some of the crew make their way home for the night...

[ON]

An hour and a half into the function, and the banquet was finally beginning to wrap up. Some of the crew and personnel had slowly been making their exits to retire for the evening, and Lirha was looking forward getting some rest herself. With a final drink in her hand, she sat by herself at one of the centre tables as she prepared to call it a night.

Tired, Talla and her family quietly left the banquet after saying choice farewells. They had a mission to return to, and preparations to make.

Will spotted Tarishiana again and made his way towards her. "Tarishiana," he said with a smile, approaching slowly, "would you care to join me for a walk?"

"I was hoping to find you again." Tarishiana replied as Will approached her. "I would love that." She answered simply with a smile and a tip of her head.

Markum walked through the main banquet hall and stopped at the bar. "One more for the road, please." the bartender gave an awkward look, "Okay Chief, last one."

Markum took the bottle and enjoyed a slow swig, enjoying the flavour of the beechnut-aged brew. "Mmmmm, that is good." Quinn had his jacket off and holding it with his right finger, over his right shoulder.

Having spent some time outside, Dru headed back into the main banquet hall. As Dru looked around her she spotted that the crowd had grown thinner, people had started to leave. Seeing the time, Dru decided that she would visit the garden outside once more before heading to the ship they would soon be leaving the planet for their mission and she wished to try see the flowers once more before she was locked away in a tin can.

After a long time wandering between various dignitaries that had made themselves known to him during the last few hours, John knew that enough was enough. He had already managed to endure this for as long as he was required to, and he was under no obligation to hang around unnecessarily. Deciding on a quick exit, he slapped his combadge discreetly.

"Holliday to Saalm, I'm gonna call it a night ma'am, too many diplomats and officials trying to shake hands after too many ales for my liking...have a good night Commander, I'll see you in the morning"

Lirha sat up straight with surprise as her communicator sounded. She quickly processed her XO's words and found a grin grow on her face at the use of such a subtle technique. She tapped her comm badge and replied, "Understood, see you bright and early for our pre-launch checks."

And with that, he headed for the doors, and the short walk to the transporter station before he returned to his quarters aboard the Galileo, dreading the inevitable hangover that followed these events...

Evelyn left the party, as briskly as she entered, she made her way to the transporter platform grateful she had finished her unpacking.

[OFF]

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CMDR Lirha Saalm
Commanding Officer
USS Galileo

LCDR Jonathan Holliday
Executive Officer
USS Galileo

LCDR Chauncey (Will) Remington III
Chief Operations Officer
USS Galileo

LTJG Amber Rose Scuito
Chief Security/Tactical Officer
USS Galileo

LTJG Robin Hilyer
Chief Medical Officer
USS Galileo

LTJG Evelyn Coleman
Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Galileo

LTJG Drusilla McCarthy
Chief Counselor
USS Galileo

CWO Markum Quinn
Chief Engineering Officer
USS Galileo

SWO Tarishiana Barel
Chief Science Officer
USS Galileo

RADM Talla H'Rhar
Task Force Commanding Officer
USS Sarek

COM Amara Damian
Task Group Commanding Officer
USS Victorious

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